Re: Questions about private variables

2002-04-06 Thread Larry Wall
Piers Cawley writes: : Um... there'd be a syntax error before that. "\\=" should be "//=" surely? The //= operator is spelled \\= on Windows. ;-) Larry

Re: Questions about private variables

2002-04-05 Thread Piers Cawley
Damian Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Joe Gottman wrote: >> For instance, what would happen in the >> following code? >> >> sub func1() { >> our $varname is private \\= 1; >> return $varname; >> } >> >> sub func2() { >> our $varname is private \\= 2; > > Fatal error: "Private v

Re: Questions about private variables

2002-04-05 Thread Damian Conway
Joe Gottman wrote: > >I just read Exegesis 4, and I have a few questions about private > variables. First, is it possible to have 2 private variables of the same > name in different functions? No. At least, not in different functions belonging to the same namespace (i.e. modul

Questions about private variables

2002-04-05 Thread Joe Gottman
I just read Exegesis 4, and I have a few questions about private variables. First, is it possible to have 2 private variables of the same name in different functions? For instance, what would happen in the following code? sub func1() { our $varname is private \\= 1; return